There Will Be Blood

"The film is above all a consummate work of art, one that transcends the historically fraught context of its making, and its pleasures are unapologetically aesthetic. It reveals, excites, disturbs, provokes, but the window it opens is to human consciousness itself." 

"[It] hits with hurricane force. Lovers of formula and sugarcoating will hate it. Screw them. In terms of excitement, imagination and rule-busting experimentation, it’s a gusher (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Watching the movie is like viewing a natural disaster that you cannot turn away from. By that I do not mean that the movie is bad, any more than it is good. It is a force beyond categories (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"As long as money retains the power to poison men's souls, Anderson's uncompromising masterpiece will continue to resonate" 

"Boldly and magnificently strange (...) On a craft and technical level, the film is of the highest quality" 

"Anderson challenges audience expectations, makes unexpected and bizarre choices - sometimes for the sake of making them - and almost brings off a picture worthy of his grandiose ambition (...) [The finish] is close enough to rob 'There Will Be Blood' of any impact" 

"'There Will Be Blood' is ferocious, and it will be championed and attacked with an equal ferocity. When the dust settles, we may look back on it as some kind of obsessed classic."